Anny

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 36 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
36
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Anny by the numbers

Anny was given to 36 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 43 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Anny

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Anny. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Annagrace or favor4,528 in the US (2017)
  • Annegrace, favour522 in the US (2017)
  • Anngrace or favor251 in the US (2017)
  • Angyangel; a diminutive form of Angela14 in the US (2017)
  • Annigrace; a form of Anna13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Any6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Anny

Names that are said the same way as Anny, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Anniegrace; diminutive of Anne425 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aniatom or particle; diminutive form15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anye5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Anny

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